Originally Posted by FriendlyFacez

Well, I suspect both you and I have spent real money on FKG, and once you take that route, I absolutely agree; if you're investing in occasional one-use gachas (just never that godawful expensive Black Baccara 6* one) and occasional tickets with daily deals, you should always use your FGs on anything that isn't 11-rolls as you'll A: gradually get the characters you want through tickets anyway and B: most the one-use gachas tend to involve premium rolls (often with better odds) as part of the package deal.

Where I disagree with you is on the event 5* girls. Not that they're not useful -- they're definitely useful in battle. But until recently with new standouts like Eucharis, Trailing Abutilon and Skimmia, the art direction for previous 5* event girls just stunk. I know it's subjective to a large extent and I'm not here to denigrate anyone else's favorite character but it really felt like the FKG team consistently put less effort into the design of many of those characters. I'm not just talking H-scenes, but also battle animations and abilities...it just feels like the 'real' 5* girls have so much more personality and are so much more interesting, and that's even before you consider their better stats.

Add onto that the more than 50% odds you'll actually get at least one new 5* with every 11-roll, and I'd still definitely recommend the FTP crowd roll the premium gacha until they get at least a decent base of solid characters. At the very least, you want an 'A team' (Team 1) of 5* and 6* Waifus with designs and personalities you really like.

I mean, sure, there are 20 permanent-reissue girls to get. But if you're as picky as I am, the vast majority of them won't be nearly as worthwhile as the vast majority of regular 5*s you can roll for. But I guess it depends on your goals with the game -- if you just want to max out your team's stats and have a good enough team to take on any challenge then sure, the event girls will do. My perspective is, FKG is basically a Waifu simulator, so you want to make sure you maximize your chances of getting your Waifus, and that's more important than having enough stamina to churn through every map or fight every battle. I'd rather make significantly less progress in the game with a team of girls I cared about -- heck, as of now I've only done one reissued or permanent reissued event period, and only because I cared enough about Russelia's design (a rare outlier for the event 5*s) to invest to get her.

That's all just my two cents, your mileage may vary depending on why you're playing FKG and what you're looking to get out of the experience.

Oh, you don't have to suspect; I freely admit to having spent quite a bit of money on this game (mostly on good premium gachas and daily deals).

No argument on the artwork; the only difference is that I don't usually factor subjective things such as artwork along with objective things such as stats and abilities. For a choose-your-waifu(s) viewpoint, yes, plenty of the event 5* are...lacking (but considering that Muppet-girl is a premium 5*, I don't hold the offending event 5* artwork against them). Objectively though, the event 5* are decent enough.

I do want to clarify though, I am not saying that you need -never- to spend FGs on gacha rolls; only that you don't -have to- for a good long while when you're starting out as strictly F2P. Eventually the squads of event 5* aren't going to cut it for doing late whaleship and, if we ever get them, challenge maps. With -very- rare exception, it isn't possible to get non-event 5* and 6* without spending either FGs or money on the gachas, but F2P players starting out shouldn't feel compelled to do either; especially when you consider the odds of getting a particular waifu in the gacha.

Personal anecdote: I spent about 150 FGs trying for Poppy during her event. My first time getting her was when I broke down and bought her with a 5* ticket...since then she's popped up in various gacha rolls 3 times. I spent over $100 worth of FGs chasing a particular unit, during her gacha (boosted rate), only to eventually pay $20 for her. That pretty much soured me on spending FGs chasing particular units in the gacha.

TL;DR: I'll see your two cents and call.